re: Man crosses 3000 ft gorge at Yosemite on tight rope without safety equipmentPosted by manwich on 12/20/11 at 8:52 am to Nativebullet

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that looks like the shadow from the wire he is walking on.

no, there is clearly the tight rope and clearly a safety line with a clip around the tight rope.

the average person wouldn't notice that anyway. an incredible stunt. and kudos to him for going shirtless. be comfortable. when you're tight roping over enormous crevices, nobody can tell you what to do

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re: Man crosses 3000 ft gorge at Yosemite on tight rope without safety equipmentPosted by LordSnow on 12/20/11 at 9:02 am to sgallo3

I read something the other day that kind of fits this. Once you're up over 50 foot, the height makes no difference. If you fall the outcome is the same. You'll just have longer to think about your mistake on your way down.

re: Man crosses 3000 ft gorge at Yosemite on tight rope without safety equipmentPosted by ninthward on 12/20/11 at 9:29 am to manwich

This was shot in warm weather Climbers static line stuff all the time so its real and he is not the first Who is they to stop him ? The park service ? No its a free country in a state park not to mention climbers and tourists die in yosemite all the time There is zero snow here this winter

re: Man crosses 3000 ft gorge at Yosemite on tight rope without safety equipmentPosted by Gaston on 12/20/11 at 9:49 am to iPadThai

I think I'm going to set up a tight line after the new year. I need to learn. There's a sweet crossing where I live that needs to go down. First thing I thought when I saw it, I have to learn to tight line and pull that off. No safety line either, except mine'll be 15 feet above water.